Four German airmen were captured and held prisoners at Stradbroke police station 1942 - WW2. The cell book records that time. The cell book which opened in 1886 was found in a Stradbroke loft many years after the war.

The Cell Book for the village Police station - covering letter dd 1886 in which instructions were given to the constable on how to keep the record of prisoners and an instruction to keep it neat and clean.